Great Grandmas Swedish Spritz Recipes

SWEDISH SPRITZ

Steps:

• Thoroughly Cream the Butter and Sugar.
• Add the Egg the Vanilla and Almond Extract.
• Beat Well.
• Sift the flour and baking powder together.
• Add to the creamed mixture, mix until smooth.
• Do not chill.
• DO NOT DOUBLE.
• Force Cookies through a cookie press onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Decorate the cookies with redhots, sprinkles or whatever you like.
• Bake in a 400 oven for 8-10 minutes.
• Cool on newspaper.
• These freeze well but shouldnt be left out for more than a week or so.

GRANDMA'S SPRITZ

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter. Gradually add sugar and mix well.
• 2. Beat in the egg yolks and the almond extract.
• 3. Gradually add the sifted flour.
• 4. Place in a cookie press.
• 5. Arrange similar size shapes on cookie sheet.
• 6. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes, depending on your oven. (I have heavy cookie sheets, and in my oven, I bake for 12 minutes.)
• 7. DO NOT OVER COOK. Bake until lightly golden on the edges.
• 8. **** In Swedish tradition, form S's and O's with the star shape in your cookie press.